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March 3, 2008

Authorities Link Former Gaucho to E-mail Threat

By Staff

The University of California Police Dept. has declared former UCSB student Arash Shamsian as a person of interest in its investigation of threats e-mailed to a UCSB chemistry lecturer last Thursday.

March 3, 2008

Globetrotting Journalist To Visit UCSB

By Staff

Armed with little but his camera, photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale has trekked to Nepal, Darfur, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to tell the stories of countries ridden with internal strife and violen...

March 3, 2008

Fraud Charges Cause SB Employee to Resign

By Staff

A former social services employee and an aid recipient were arrested last Thursday for allegedly defrauding Santa Barbara County of over $60,000.

March 3, 2008

Nexus Wins Big at College Newspaper Awards

By Staff

The Daily Nexus took home seven awards this weekend, including three first-place titles at the annual California College Media Association competition.

March 3, 2008

UC L.E.A.D.S. Students Display Scientific Studies

By Elliott Rosenfeld

Undergraduates from each University of California campus descended on UCSB this weekend to present their scientific research projects, with topics ranging from the "Effects of Cocaine, Amphetamine and Ethanol on Zebrafis...

March 3, 2008

Let’s Talk Sustainability

By Staff

February 29, 2008

Students Receive Warning of Threat Via Alert System

By Staff

A campuswide alert was issued last night when police became aware of a threatening e-mail delivered to a UCSB chemistry professor.

February 29, 2008

Motion for Retrial Delays Frimpong’s Sentencing

By Travis Miller

Postponing sentencing once again, a Santa Barbara judge moved to hold an evidentiary hearing yesterday to decide whether or not former UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong deserves a retrial.

February 29, 2008

V-Day Festival, Monologues To Educate Campus

By Benjamin Gottlieb

Pussy cookies, T-shirts and jewelry making are part of the festivities of Vagina Day, which climaxes in Storke Plaza today.

February 29, 2008

Bren School To Search for New Dean

By Elliott Rosenfeld

The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management faces changes in the future with Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker's announcement of his plans to step down from the position.

February 29, 2008

We Be Jammin’

By Staff

February 29, 2008

CA Objects to Forest Policy Violations

By Staff

The state of California filed suit against the United States Forest Service yesterday over federal plans that would allow road construction and oil drilling in some of the state's largest national forests, including Los ...

February 29, 2008

It Keeps Going and Going and Going…

By Staff

February 28, 2008

Michael Jackson’s Unpaid Loans May Result in Auctioned House

By Staff

Michael Jackson's amusement park themed-home, Neverland Ranch, will go up for sale at a public auction next month unless the singer can pay the over-$24 million he owes on the property.

February 28, 2008

Officers Suggest Caution Against Increased Theft

By Tom Standifer

In response to a string of recent thefts, local officers are reminding locals that leaving iPods, laptops and electronics in front of unlocked sliding glass doors is not advisable.

February 28, 2008

Capps Helps Pass Green Energy Act

By Travis Miller

Lois Capps, 23rd District congresswoman, played a leading role in pushing new legislation through the House of Representatives yesterday that aims to aims to cut tax incentives to large oil companies and then invest the ...